The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-18
TEX As TENDER FOOTS.
MOurnful and Melancholy Appeal
For Protection of the Major
ity from the Minority.
4 Terrible Tale of Texas Treach-
cry Told by Truant
Tramps.

Washington, Jan. IA petition OF
Stephen A. Hockworth, real estate deal
er, Jas. l.. Moore, a merchant, and Carl
Schultz; Ex-District Attorney of Washing
ton county and editor of the BRENNAN
Stats Zeitung, was presented to-day by
Senator Hawley. 1t sets forth that they
were law abiding citizens OF BRENNAN,
Washington county, Texas, who dared to
believe and maintain the right to be re-
publicans in politics" For this, "their
only crime" it continues, your petitioners
are now
EXILEs FROM THEIR HOMES.
Having been compelled to leave under Sc
rious threats of assassination and abandon
their property or to accept for it such
prices as were proffered them" The petit
ton states that at an election held Oh the
2nd of last November, ga perfect reign of
terror existed In Washington county caus-
ed by armed bands of white ruff ms who
by violence and by the destruction of bal
lot boxes at Graball, Flewens and Bolts
store, election precincts, prevented the free
and fair expression of suffrage by the
citizens OF said county, WHEREBY men in
whose interest these crimes were committed
were declared elected who were
not in fact elected and by the most shame
less and unblushing frauds the election
was made farce, "every effort the petit
ion continues "was made to obtain redress
from their wrongs and security for life and
property has been prevented by the
wANTON AND CRUEL MURDER
OF important witnesses and by the further
fact that body of state troops Ostensibly
ordered to the county to preserve law and
order, in fact acted in open concert with
the lawless men who had committed the
election outrages." The petition further
AYERS that
THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE MAJORITY
in Washington county, but that in order
to prevent Republicans from securing
their political rights and privileges in the
county, Alfred Jones, Shadrock Folder
and Stewart Jones, three colored Repub-
licans, were arrested on pretended and
malicious charges of crime, and, while in
the custody of the civil authorities were
surrendered to Kuklux and hanged for
the reason "that the civil authorities
OF the said county, together with their
leading political friends, well knowing
that satisfactory and adequate evidence
would be obtained at said trial which
would expose and make public
THEIR POLITICAL CRIMES
ordered and instigated the desth of said
Alfred Jones, Shadrock Folder, and Stew
art Jones'" The petitioners further allege
that John Ireland, governor of Texas, has
failed.and refused to make any effort what
ever to have arrested and brought to trial
the lawleSs men who committed this out
rage, although the facts were known to
him, and ne was earnestly requested to take
prompt action therein. After a fertilizer
recitation in more detail of the
charges already narrated, the petition
concludes ''and your petitioners hereby re-
spectfully submit all matters herein stated
and complained of to yo9r honorable body
for your careful consideration and such &C
ton as you may deem necessary to cure
the evils herein statel, and thereby secure
to all citizens of the United States their
rights under republican form of govern
ment in fact as well as in name"